This week's question: Scientists have discovered a rare and remarkably sedentary species of olm — a cave-dwelling salamander — that can live into its hundreds and typically moves less than 32 feet a decade; one stayed in the same spot for seven years. Please come up with the title of a self-help book touting the health benefits of taking life as slow as an olm.
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THE WINNER: "Keep Olm and Carry On and On and On..."
Laurel Wroten, Petaluma, California
SECOND PLACE: "Eat, Love, Stay"
Lisa Smith, Dublin, Ohio
THIRD PLACE: "Seven Year Inch"
Claude Paumier, Louisville, Ohio
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Brake It Till You Make It"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
"Still Lazy After All These Years"
Pete Prunkl, Salisbury, North Carolina
"Homebodies Have Better Bodies"
Ken Kellam, Dallas
"The 39 Steps"
Bill Winslow, Alexandria, Virginia
"There's No Pace Like Olm"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
"Amphibizen"
Jason Feltner, Cheyenne, Wyoming
"Olmnipotent"
Gary Barnes, Gulf Breeze, Florida
"Salameander"
Joe Frank, Scottsdale, Arizona
"Olm-most there: It's All About the Journey"
Lissa Kellogg, Yerington, Nevada
"The Power of Passive Thinking"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
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